Spin-Off Magazine (Making Yarn By Hand) 2000 Collection Issues Digitized on CD

Enjoy all four issues of Spin-Off Magazine exactly as they were printed in 2000. The full-color electronic versions of these magazines allow you to explore making yarn by hand with easy-to-navigate tabs and printable articles. 

With this CD, you’ll have spinning inspiration at your fingertips. You can also search each issue by keywords of your choosing such as: 

• Names of masters of spinning
• Specific or general techniques
• Favorite projects
• Products or equipment such as spindle, wheel, yarns, etc. 
• Challenges and results
• Keywords like color, wheel mechanics, cashmere or any other areas of interest

Spring 2000
Techniques: Learn traditional Nigerian indigo dyeing. 
Fiber Focus: Wild silk. 
Projects: Knit an afghan, weave a blanket, and make a cross-stitched silk moth. 

Summer 2000
Techniques: Washing wool fleece and spindle spinning from around the world. 
Fiber Focus: Cotton and Shetland wool. 
Projects: Spin and knit resoleable socks, Icelandic stripes vest, slippers, and a baby bonnet. Or spin and weave cotton dish towels and an overshot runner. 

Fall 2000
Techniques: Learn to spin Suri alpaca and knit with unspun roving. 
Fiber Focus: Suri alpaca, silk, and unspun roving. 
Projects: Knit space-dyed socks, a Ccatca cap, and a mobius strip scarf, plus learn how to make an umbrella swift using yardsticks. 

Winter 2000
Techniques: Discover results for a color study project and learn to spin on a Hohokam-style spindle. 
Fiber Focus: Scandinavian wools, cotton, and Wensleydale locks. 
Projects: Spin then knit a Hohokam vest, a swan cap, and a handspun beaded bag. Learn how to make sheep hand puppets named Wensley and Dale. Make your own handspindle.